Six Haunted Hairdos

"If You Ever See A Ghost,You Must Do Three Things."

1. Pinch yourself to make sure you're awake
2. Pinch the ghost, to make sure it is real
3. Run away — as fast as you can!

Good advice, but will it work? The kids from Seven Spiders Spinning, and their beloved teacher, Miss Earth, are back...and they're about to find out.

The ghosts of an unhappy herd of Woolly Mammoths are wreaking havoc in Hamlet, Vermont, and the boys in the Copycat Club are the only ones who believe it. Their archenemies, the girls of the Tattletales Club, are way too mature to believe in ghosts. So, the girls come up with a hair-brained scheme to scare the boys and prove once an for all that girls are superior. But while they're getting ready, the real ghosts show up! And only one thing's for sure, it'll take more than a can of hairspray to give these ghosts the brush-off!

The girls have a better idea—scare the boys by dressing up as six spooky hairdressers from beyond the grave. But when some real ghosts show up, both groups have to pinch themselves!

Gregory Maguire received his Ph.D. in English and American Literature from Tufts University. His work as a consultant in creative writing for children takes him to speaking engagements across the United States and abroad. He is a founder and codirector of Children's Literature New England, Incorporated, a non-profit educational charity established in 1987. The author of numerous books for children, Mr. Maguire is also a contributor to Am I Blue?: Coming Out From the Silence, a collection of short stories for gay and lesbian teenagers.